What will happen to new Ankara Station?

The new station is expected to open this summer. It’ll wait for trains for 18 months. It’ll be used as shoping center till opening of railway.

What will freight trains do running between east and west of Turkey?

The freight trains between east and west of Turkey will have to use southern route via Konya. This will mean additional costs. Railway Transportation Association asked TCDD not to charge this additional cost.

How long it’ll last?

540 days (18 months) according to contract.

What’s going to be done with Baskentray Project?

The tracks currently being used by high speed, suburban and conventional trains will be seperated. 150-km-long new tracks will be laid. Kayas-Ankara will be 4 tracks, Ankara-Behicbey 6 tracks and Behicbey-Sincan 5 tracks. 25 stations will be upgraded to metro standards. Electrification and signalization systems will be built. 24 over/under passes will be constructed.

What are the targets?

By the completion of high speed lines under construction, 250 passenger and freight trains are expected to run on this railway section. The annual ridership is expected to increase from 15 mn to 60 mn.

3 thoughts on “Last train to Ankara Station on 10th of July”

As is usual in Turkey, everything is arranged to suit the engineers building the project, and no thought whatsoever is given to the effect on the passengers and freight customers. TCDD project planning is a complete shambles. As if destroying the railways into Istanbul for several years is not enough, now they plan to isolate Ankara too.I wonder if Konya to Karaman will reopen before Ankara closes?

I agree getting to Pendik in Istanbul is a real pain especially with luggage. Now there will be equal aggravation in Ankara. Everyone will abandon the trains for cars, buses and planes and most won’t come back.

I believe, the new train station, upgraded suburban lines, faster YHT due to separate lines, new YHT connection to Sivas, metro connections to Ankaray and M4 from station, more frequent YHTs by 6 more HST sets will altogether attract more passengers than now after opening in Ankara.